Course Offerings for Summer 2011
The program focuses on 8 essential Purposes:
The complete degree program requires 120 credits. Each semester students earn 15 credits. Each credit represents either 15 semester hours of class work plus 30 hours of study.
BBA Healthcare Systems Management Course Offerings
Purpose 1
Self-Assessment & Career Development (3 Credits)
This course introduces the entering student to the "Purpose-Centered Education" philosophy of the College. It develops an understanding of the linkage between the classroom and the workplace in our delivery system. It also teaches the student the essential elements of the execution and presentation of the "Constructive Action." In this first course students learn the alternative forms of presentation and are required to select one of these forms for their Constructive Action documentation.
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College Writing I: Critical Thinking & Writing (3 Credits)
The central/main themes and rhetorical strategies /modes will help students understand the interconnectedness of writing, reading, and grammar, which will be discussed in class. Focus will be placed upon structuring the expository essay, the comparison/contrast essay, the cause-and-effect essay and the argumentative essay. After completion of this course students will have many of the basic skills that will enable them to analyze, build a thesis statement, a paragraph, the body and conclusion of the essays discussed above, in order to prepare them for the modern day business professions.
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Human Biology (3 Credits)
This course is designed to introduce biology at an entry level by examining the hierarchy that ranges from the fundamentals of cell biology to the physiology of organisms, and the interactions among those organisms in their environment. The topics in this course include cell biology, genetics, molecular biology, evolution, physiology, and ecology.
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Principles of Business (3 Credits)
This course will serve as a general introduction to the field of business management. The course will emphasize management as a process that includes planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling for establishing and accomplishing business objectives. The interrelationships that exist in various businesses will be examined. The economic structure of the private sector will be examined and students will be introduced to major concepts in finance, marketing, and other functional management areas. This course will serve as a foundation for advanced work in subsequent Purposes (semesters). This background will aid students in making a self-assessment about their future role as a businessperson (managerial career development).
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Medical Terminology (3 Credits)
This course is designed to develop a functioning knowledge of Medical Terminology building skills by learning prefixes, suffixes, roots, and abbreviations. Students learn the basic structure and functions of the human body, and become familiar with general diseases and ailments. Students will gain skills essential to understand Medical Terminology used in a health-care related field. This course will focus on the many components of a medical term and how to break down a medical term by simply knowing the meaning of the prefix or suffix.
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Purpose 2
Developing Professional Relationships in the Healthcare Field (3 Credits)
This Purpose emphasizes the role that communication plays in the successful conduct of any interaction, with specific emphasis on those that take place within the healthcare field. Students will learn how to present information using a variety of media: written, oral, audiovisual, etc. and will be required to select an alternative medium (other than a written report) to present the results of their Constructive Action.
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Public Speaking and the Art of Persuasion (3 Credits)
There are three primary components in the design of this course: (1) development of an understanding of the communication process, (2) development of interpersonal communication skills, and (3) development of public speaking skills. The skills/application focus of this course will be devoted to public speaking. Inherent in the basic philosophy of the course is that public speaking involves skills which can be learned. While refining the business writing and communication skills acquired in Purpose I, this course will help students develop the skills necessary for successful interactional communication (i.e., meetings, conferences, oral presentations, essay structure) in a professional setting.
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Health Services Management I (3 Credits)
The focus of this course will be on the functions and responsibilities associated with the direct management of people in service delivery settings. Motivation, discipline, performance appraisal, communications, and monitoring are targeted. Overview of management issues in a variety of organizational settings and the larger public health environment are examined as well as the managerial functions and problem solving strategies, financial management principles, and management models for change; develops specific skills in program management, budgeting, workforce development, and managing intersectoral programs.
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Medical Insurance (3 Credits)
This course teaches students the basics of health insurance, the health insurance claim form, guidelines for claims submission and processing. Student will also learn the HIPAA regulations, collections, and healthcare payers including managed care systems, private insurance, Medicare, state programs, workers' compensation, Tricare and CHAMPVA. Use of the ICD-9-CM and CPT coding manuals as well as a computerized encoder is also incorporated.
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Health Information Technology (HIT) (3 Credits)
The course focuses on the use of electronic information system in healthcare field. It integrates medical record management and computer technology into widely used medical office functions. The course entails methods that ensure efficient medical office management through electronic record creation, updating, maintenance and utilization. The course further emphasizes medical document production using Microsoft Office 2007 Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications.
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Purpose 3
Quality Management in the Healthcare Field (3 Credits)
This course introduces the entering student to the "Purpose-Centered Education" philosophy of the College. It develops an understanding of the linkage between the classroom and the workplace in our delivery system. It also teaches the student the essential elements of the execution and presentation of the "Constructive Action." In this first course students learn the alternative forms of presentation and are required to select one of these forms for their Constructive Action documentation.
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Ethical Aspects of Healthcare (3 Credits)
This course will acquaint students with a number of ethical issues specifically relevant to the healthcare industry. These will include definitions of health, disease, life and death, controversies surrounding disclosure, autonomy and informed consent, and current developments in biomedical research. We will also discuss issues surrounding rights and obligations of patients and healthcare providers, how to decide between competing rights claims, allocation of resources, managed care and the profit motive. These contemporary moral issues will consistently be situated in light of a number of classical ethical theories.
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Principles of Management (3 Credits)
This course examines the nature of management and the interpersonal and analytical skills managers need to be successful. Students will examine management theories on leadership, motivation, and communication and how these can be applied to manager's everyday role.
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Health Services Management II (3 Credits)
The course focuses on teaching the students the basic principles and techniques of quality management in healthcare. It emphasizes methods of assessing, measuring, and improving healthcare services. The course further focuses on applying quality concepts and tools to real-life situations. Students learn attributes of quality most important to healthcare stakeholders including legislative mandates, regulatory agencies and accreditation groups that influence healthcare quality activities. Moreover, the students gain knowledge in the qualitative and quantitative process improvement tools, collect and analyze data to identify improvement priorities and frame risk management strategies.
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Quantitative Analysis (3 Credits)
This survey course is designed to provide students with fundamental quantitative concepts and skills essential in today's business world. Various mathematical areas, including decimals and fractions, are introduced in light of business problem solving. In addition, other topics covered are annuities, present value, interest, insurance, taxation and investments. Equations and graphing will also be illustrated.
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Purpose 4
Assessing Community Healthcare Needs (3 Credits)
This course introduces the entering student to the "Purpose-Centered Education" philosophy of the College. It develops an understanding of the linkage between the classroom and the workplace in our delivery system. It also teaches the student the essential elements of the execution and presentation of the "Constructive Action." In this Purpose 4 Constructive Action: Assessing Community Healthcare Needs, students will examine issues critical to the development of effective health programs focusing. Additionally, students will use this Constructive Action to build on previous work and identify areas of potential inquiry for future examination.
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Diversity in Healthcare (3 Credits)
The course is designed to cover issues and expectations surrounding healthcare services in a multicultural and diverse environment. It emphasizes dimensions and complexities of caring for people from diverse cultural backgrounds. The course further examines traditional healthcare beliefs and healing practices prevalent among ethnically diverse populations, and impact of social, political, and demographic changes as well as perceptions on today's illnesses and healthcare.
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Community Health Services (3 Credits)
The course is designed to provide students with an introduction to community health services. It will examine the foundations of community and national health in terms of organization, resources, programming, and special populations. Theory and practice of healthcare delivery are evaluated in occupational settings such as schools and worksites. The relationship between coordinating networks, health service organizations, government, and voluntary-based health agencies are examined. The course will cover issues of mental, maternal, infant and child health. The impact of environment on human health will also be examined. The course is designed to provide students with the knowledge required to: assess individual, community, and national needs for health education; conduct evaluation and research related to health education; serve as a health education resource person; and communicate and advocate for health and health education.
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Pathophysiology (3 Credits)
This course is a basic study of the functioning of human body organ systems; their disorders and diseases including symptoms, causes, diagnosis, diagnostic tests, treatment and management, and invasive and non-invasive surgical techniques. The course also discusses Pharmacology and most commonly used drugs. Genetic basis of diseases and disorders and use of gene therapy in curing them is also discussed. Further, the role of nutrition as a cause and treatment of diseases is examined.
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Macroeconomics (3 Credits)
This course is an introductory macroeconomics course that provides students with an overview of how the economy operates and choices made given scarcity and limited resources. Students in this course will examine the major factors that affect output, unemployment, and inflation. Using the tools of economics such as supply and demand analysis students will examine how the gross domestic product is measured (GDP), what impacts economic growth and productivity as well as unemployment and inflation. Students will also examine how monetary and fiscal policies are developed and in the U.S and the role of the Federal Reserve System, money markets and government influence economic outcomes.
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Purpose 5
Marketing Healthcare (3 Credits)
In this Purpose students learn the basic principles of marketing, with special emphasis on the marketing of healthcare services. Students will use a variety of alternative media to develop examples of marketing activities and will select one of those mediums, not previously utilized, in the documentation of their Constructive Action.
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Political & Economic Philosophy (3 Credits)
The ideas and values that serve as the foundation of our political system; how our system differs from others; the inter-relationship between business and government; major political theories regarding the nature of authority, standards of justice, the ideal of liberty and its limitations, conceptions of a just and good society, and the best form of government.
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Principles of Psychology (3 Credits)
This course will encompass a broad introduction to the field of psychology, one of the social sciences. Among the topics covered are: gathering data on the causes and correlates of behavior, key figures in psychology and their theories, examples of research findings from the major subareas of the field, and using psychological knowledge to improve the quality of our lives. This survey of psychology will acquaint students with the major concepts and terminology of the discipline and give a better understanding of self and others.
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Principles of Marketing (3 Credits)
Introduction to the basic principles and concepts of marketing theory and practice. Topics include: the marketing environments, marketing mix and segmentation, product planning, distribution, promotion, and service marketing. Students will examine marketing concepts in relation to key constituencies of companies.
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Microeconomics (3 Credits)
This course is an introductory course in microeconomic theory. The course introduces students to the principles of microeconomics and provides a basic understanding of how microeconomics functions in today's society.
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Purpose 6
Managing Human Resources in Healthcare (3 Credits)
In this Purpose students learn the basic principles of managing human resources, with specific emphasis on the management of those resources in the healthcare field. For their Constructive Action, students are expected to select a situation involving the management of individuals within a health field context. The Constructive Action documentation will be developed using a medium which has not been previously utilized in the preparation of other required materials.
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Empowerment Through the Arts (3 Credits)
Mass media, information channels, media culture, values inherent in the structure and content of new technologies, and the influence of information systems on organizational, social, and private behavior; how these factors must be considered when undertaking new business projects and ventures.
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Organizational Theory & Behavior (3 Credits)
Organizational Theory and Behavior is an interdisciplinary field drawing from numerous disciplines including psychology, management, sociology, organization theory, social psychology, statistics, and many others. OB is a horizontal discipline, cutting across almost every job category and functional area. This course will help you to better understand the field as it relates to understanding and managing people at work.
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Human Resource Management (3 Credits)
The course will examine corporate and departmental HR strategy, equal employment law and preventive employee relations, diversity in the workplace, employee training and development, trends in compensation and benefits, international HR practices, and career planning. During the 15-week semester, students may also examine Human Resource Management issues they may face during their business careers. Throughout, students will utilize, and critically review, a variety of HR and corporate web-sites, various pamphlets, and current employment literature.
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Accounting (3 Credits)
Accounting procedures in relation to payroll; valuation of resources and intangibles; the differences between partnerships and corporations; analysis and interpretation of financial statements; the impact of taxes upon business decisions. The course strives to make students versant in accounting so that they feel confident in the business setting and have the tools to excel in their work.
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Purpose 7
Managing Fiscal & Economic Resources in Healthcare (3 Credits)
Emphasis on this Purpose is on developing an understanding of basic principles of finance, particularly those that apply to organizations in the healthcare field. For their Constructive Action, students are required to illustrate a situation involving an aspect of healthcare financing and to create the required documentation using a medium which has not been previously utilized.
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American Government (3 Credits)
An analysis of current political systems with emphasis on the United States, including decision making under different ideologies, and how individual interests become positive or negative forces for group decisions, at local, national, and international levels. This course explores the structure and dynamics of American national government, providing a broad-based introduction to the ideas and institutions that shape politics in the contemporary United States.
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Principles of Finance (3 Credits)
This course provides students with the additional tools they need to assess financial information and data to draw implications of creating a new venture or evaluating an existing firm. Students in the class will use spreadsheets and other software products to analyze the impacts of financial decisions related to financial statement analysis, cash budgeting, and cost of capital determination, capital budgeting, and capital structure choices.
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Healthcare Financing (3 Credits)
This course provides students with the additional tools they need to assess financial information and data to draw implications of creating a new venture or evaluating an existing firm. Students in the class will use spreadsheets and other software products to analyze the impacts of financial decisions related to financial statement analysis, cash budgeting, and cost of capital determination, capital budgeting, and capital structure choices.
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Medical Coding & Billing Procedures (3 Credits)
This course prepares students to process and manage third-party reimbursement and patient accounts receivables in non-hospital settings. The students will use electronic medical billing software in simulated practice. Emphasis is placed on medical terminology and the proper use of ICD-9 and CPT codes.
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Purpose 8
Creating a Business Plan for Innovative Services (3 Credits)
This is the capstone course for the baccalaureate in Healthcare Management. Students are expected to complete a Constructive Action project which synthesizes their learning in the previous semesters. The documentation for this project should utilize a medium which has not been previously used and integrate elements of other Constructive Action documents to demonstrate an understanding of the integrity of the Program.
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Issues in Contemporary Healthcare Management (3 Credits)
The course explores the roles of agencies and personnel involved in the planning, administration, management, evaluation activities of health programs, with a focus on public health. It also addresses the ethical principles and quality standards that public health leaders must consider in their practice. It enables the student to develop a systems oriented framework for analyzing and critiquing the current quality of provision of health services to the population.
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Principles of Project Management (3 Credits)
This course will introduce students to project management fundamentals, with an emphasis on planning. Concepts such as the definition of a project, the nature of the project team, and the role and function of the project manager are presented. An effective project manager must organize resources, work under tight deadlines, control project change and generate maximum team performance. Topics covered include: project life cycles, organization and charters, work breakdown structures, responsibility matrixes; the planning, budgeting and scheduling of systems. PERT, Gantt charts, earned value systems, project management software are also introduced.
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Introduction to Gerontology (3 Credits)
The course covers physiological, social, psychological and economic aspects of aging and explores strategies aimed at enhancing the quality of life by providing adequate information and services for elderly. The course employs a multidisciplinary approach and develops paradigms and awareness of the process of human aging by providing understanding of scientific, cultural, social and economic aspects of aging.
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Technology & Innovation in Healthcare (3 Credits)
The course will introduce students to the concept of innovation and how healthcare organization can use innovative practices to provide access and quality of care. In this course students are encouraged to think creatively about the current healthcare issues in our nation and how best to address these using technology. The material covered in this course includes an examination of concepts of healthcare technologies and their development, the impact of technology in the healthcare industry and the relationships that develop as a result of these advancements. Students will also examine the innovative products that are utilized by physicians, hospitals and healthcare providers/organizations that are in high demand.
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